One man walks into a party and sees the art on the walls, the books on the shelves, the bold color that the man by the window is wearing. Another man enters the same party at the same instant and sees the chandelier, the way a shadow falls through the back of a chair and casts bars of light onto the floor behind.

If asked to describe this same moment in time to a stranger, that stranger would no doubt conclude that these two men were in two completely different places--when in fact, they were in the same place at the very same instant... Perception explores this breach of experience by glancing into the lives of three individuals: Clarissa, Ralph and Tobias.

Clarissa, a photographer from a middle-class New Jersey home, moved to New York City with great ambition. After three eye-opening years of working as an Administrative Assistant, she decided to abandon her "sell out" lifestyle. She left behind her clothes, her apartment, and her job. Today, she lives as a homeless person on the streets of New York, supporting herself meal by meal by selling her photography from a blanket in Central Park.

Her brother Ralph--a successful real estate salesman--lives on the 20th floor of 59th Street and Central Park South. A nice guy at heart, he struggles for balance against the cut-throat nature of his business.

Tobias is a thinker and perpetual student. He has taken night classes for close to ten years, but refuses to take what is required to garner a degree. He earns his wage waiting tables, sneaking off to the bathroom pretending to have gas so he can read a chapter of his latest book.

Perception journeys through the same season of time from each character's point of view, detailing how presumption and mistaken intention leads to great misunderstanding. A moment, revisited from another point of view, takes new dimension--and the line between protagonist and antagonist blurs.